fantastic song from one of the best albums of all time...  love it soooo much...

 

A beautiful song that reminds me of a small circle of friends, long ago.

 ferwoman wrote: 
And I always heard "Tie A Guru, Dave, ah" until I knew better. 

What was so special about this John Lennon guy?
Well, he wrote lots of great songs.
This one, f'rinstance . . .

 Byronape wrote: 

I don’t think anyone should feel compunction about making strong musical judgments.  It’s not necessarily snobbery to dismiss something as not worthy of our attention.  There is simply not enough time to listen to every song, see every movie, or (most of all) to read every book.  It is a good thing to expose fraud where you see it, or to just come out and say you don’t like something.  

Snobbery is more an attitude, a prejudice, based on extraneous factors.  Think of someone who dismisses a talented Bluegrass band out of hand merely because their members graduated from a upper class British school, or the pretensions of a Classical music aficionado who refuses to give Rock music a chance based on flimsy musicological theories.  That is snobbery and should be condemned.  That’s not the same as merely saying something is bad.  That’s a right we all have, perhaps even a duty.

Right or wrong, now I can't help but think of that 'I am Sam' movie whenever I hear this.  Ridiculous movie.

Ah the old electric 12-string ... bliss!

beautiful...  absolutely beautiful...  love it...
 

The version on "Naked" Let It Be is worth the price. It is in regular time "not sped up" like this version. John sounds like John, not John singing out his nose.

and kids after the grammys tweeted "who is paul mccartney?"
Ugh. Bad parents, no cookie 

 rabbi_phil wrote: 
LOL - I never knew that! And I'm LMAO because I always "hear"

Chai Karoova De Vera - which is gibberish, but almost seems to mean something in one of several languages.

 

 DaMoGan wrote: 
I just rated it a 10 not because it's The Beatles but because I like the song and when it started playing just now, I got that visceral feeling of "Awww, yeah!".  It just worked in the moment and for my mood.

9 -> 10

All 26 people in my hotel room right now just remarked how much they love this song...  I turned the volume up...

 

marvelous...  love it...

 

 sirdroseph wrote: 
I find myself in a position of agreeing with you about the tastes of the "unwashed" being terrible and an unfortunate feeling of superiority that comes with it.  However I disagree with the rest of your argument. 

While the Beatles do have a certain universal appeal, a big part of it in my opinion is the fact that they pioneered so many types of music and methods of playing.  75% of the music that has come out since (or more) can have a direct link drawn to the Beatles.  There's a reason that so many artists list the Beatles as a major influence, and it isn't because they don't want to offend the great unwashed. 

and George...

absolutely magnificent...  we miss you, John...

The song first appeared on the various artists charity compilation album No One's Gonna Change Our World in December 1969, and later, in different form, on Let It Be, the group's final released album.


 

 r_lafauce wrote: 

I think you miss my point. Universal appeal is one thing, but universal appeal the depth that the Beatles enjoy is not matched by any artists sans maybe Bob Marley in the history of civilization and there is a reason for this is all I was saying. I am actually quite the opposite in my personal musical tastes, if it is commercially popular and I happen to like it, makes me second guess myself because I think the great unwashed in general has terrible taste in music and when it comes to musical taste I inherently feel superior. Now before you go thinking me arrogant in this regard........well, you would be correct.

 martinc wrote: 
I agree!  Love this song...

Add this to that list of great LP released in 1969.

One of the few BEATLES songs I never liked!

 chirpie wrote: 
Pick just about any song and some people will love it while others will hate it.  Nothing surprising there.

What is perhaps a bit more surprising is the distribution of ratings of this song, just because it is a Beatles song.  It's a nice song, but it shouldn't be a 10 just because it is by the Beatles.

Everybody in my hotel room loves this beautiful and profound classic song...
 

I find it disturbing that there are 1 rating's for this song....

 sirdroseph wrote: 


I agree...  and I love this song...
 

.. johnjconn wrote: 

it's Jai Guru Deva Om. loosely translates to praise goddess teacher. om is just tuning into the vibration of the universe. (i would like to say that i just casually happened to know this......but that would be a complete lie... ommmmmmmm.)

One of the best John Lennon (Beatles) songs. 

There are so many.  

Possibly my favorite Beatles song.